this is a really good idea.
you might want to file a patent for this idea before somebody else does. all you do is complete a patent form (www.uspto.gov/forms/) from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
then if a chess tournament director uses your idea, then you can collect royalty fees from him.
after several chess tournaments are done, you could become an instant millionaire.
hmmm....maybe i will go fill out that patent form.
I have an idea how to make tournaments little(a lot?) faster.
The idea is to start next round before all the games of previous round are finished if it's possible. For example in Group 5 there are 3 unfinished games, but, nevertheless, nobody can get more points than current first place, e.g. no matter what is game result - he will go to the next round and nobody else.
Probably it should be only an optional thing (like allowing vacations). Also maybe there should be a condition that the person who promotes to the next round must finish his games(maybe optional too?).
I think this would be a great option which would give opportunity to finish tournaments faster.